Archive for August 26th, 2025

Aug

AVIATOR DIED ON THIS DAY IN 1974

Charles Lindbergh - March 1927, San Diego. His legendary "Spirit of St. Louis" in the background. : r/ColorizedHistory

Charles Lindbergh: New York to Paris, 1927 – and the World Was Never the Same | Reason and Reflection

Images & Artifacts - Charles A. Lindbergh Jr.: Aviator & International Superstar - LibGuides at Minnesota Historical Society Library

Charles Augustus Lindbergh (February 4, 1902 – August 26, 1974)

Charles Lindbergh Flying His Plane The 'Spirit Of Saint Louis' History - Item # VAREVCHBDAIRPEC010 - Posterazzi

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Aug

AMENDMENT ADOPTED ON THIS DAY IN 1920

The 19th Amendment, guaranteeing women the right to vote,was
formally adopted into the U.S. Constitution by proclamation of
Secretary of State Bainbridge Colby.

The amendment was the culmination of more than 70 years of
struggle by woman suffragists. Its two sections read simply:
“The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be
denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on
account of sex” and “Congress shall have power to enforce
this article by appropriate legislation.”

Despite the passage of the amendment, poll taxes, local laws
and other restrictions continued to block women of color from
voting for several more decades.

Newspapers.com - The Tennessee legislature ratified the 19th Amendment on August 18, 1920. Tennessee was the deciding 36th state to ratify the amendment, which could then become part of the U.S. Constitution

Bainbridge Colby | Library of Congress

Mendocino to host celebration of women's suffrage, 105 years since 19th Amendment - Local News Matters

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Aug

FIRST TELEVISED MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

On August 26, 1939, the first televised Major League baseball game
was broadcast on station W2XBS, the station that was to become
WNBC-TV. Announcer Red Barber called the game between the Cincinnati Reds and the Brooklyn Dodgers at Ebbets Field in
Brooklyn, New York.

At the time, television was still in its infancy. Regular programming
did not yet exist, and very few people owned television sets—there
were only about 400 in the New York area.

Not until 1946 did regular network broadcasting catch on in the
United States, and only in the mid-1950s did television sets
become more common in the American household.

In 1939, the World’s Fair—which was being held in New York—
became the catalyst for the historic broadcast.

Red Barber doing an interview with Dodgers manager
Leo Durocher.